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Yeah, they should have grabbed him and taken him into the bowels of the capitol and do the closed interviewing right then and there. That would make everyone happy right? mspart

To your points: 1. It is not bad policy to restrict immigration. In fact, every nation does this. It is good policy to safeguard the economy. We are the only ones with a porous border allowing millions in. 2. This point is ludicrous and even you should be aware of it. Legal immigrants come here and have a job waiting for them and that is what is wanted by the US. Illegal immigrants do not. And if they get a job it is at the expense of a legal citizen or alien to have that job. How else can you describe it? If you want to say an illegal will take a job no other wants, that's ok, but how many of those are around? There is a limit and we obviously have gone beyond that limit and it is delibilating to government budgets - cast your eyes at NYC and Chicago. 3. So what is the difference between a tax cheat and a murderer. It is only a paper difference. The tax cheat just wants to make a living here. That's all. 4. Immigration policy is pretty simple. The US determines how many legal immigrants it wants for a given year. It allocates that many work visas. The US does not allocate work visas for illegal immigrants. The fact that you cannot understand this very simple situation says you can't find the tree for the forest. mspart

Oh for sure. I wouldn't doubt that the portal and NIL were considerations for Saban. I know he didn't like NIL and I doubt he really like the portal thing much either. mspart

Yes, anything that is illegal is because it is written somewhere on a piece of paper or similar. But as with the NY kids being kicked out of their school, their (the illegals) coming to these shores does affect someone else's personal freedoms. That example is a macro example of this. But by coming, they must be supported. If they get a job, they are taking a job from some other citizen or legal immigrant which affects them. Yes, they do affect the populace in both employment and government money (our tax money). And that tax money was not allocated to take care of them. It is being diverted from what it was intended to do to take care of them. So whoever it was intended for is not getting the value that was appropriated. It is not as complicated as you want to make it sound. mspart

To your point TPT, there are only two types of immigrants. Legal and illegal. So talking about them all as immigrants is disingenuous. Legal immigrants ostensibly is planned for immigration that the country wants. Illegal immigration ostensibly is not planned and not what the country wants. Hence one is legal and the other is illegal. NY and Chicago, among others, are suffering the effects of unwanted (illegal) immigration and complaining about having to spend money supporting them. That's another point about immigration - you usually have to show that you will not be sucking on the government's teat while here. This happens more than not with illegal immigrants and that hurts everyone. Right now in NY, students were kicked out of their school so the building could house illegal immigrants. That is not the purpose for why the building was built. That is not why the community spent the money to have it built. But those students are now forced to do the on line learning that was such a disaster during covid. https://news.yahoo.com/nyc-decision-move-migrants-tent-233732293.html So now the illegal immigrants are more important than the students. Is that the priority that we want? Yes, illegal immigration is not good for the country as a whole. mspart

We don't think we can win Pan Ams and get qualified that way at this weight? Remembering Zain last time, it is something to consider. mspart

Offthemat is correct. Without those injuries, I think it would have been a much tighter game. Penix came out with the flak unit on and I don't remember seeing him with that. Johnson was fairly ineffective with his foot injury, yet they played him. But that is the way of it. Saban leaving the Tide? Yes, not sure what this does for Alabama in the long run but usually a coach change is not good near term. Someone on the radio today said that of the years that Saban was at Alabama, everyone that played for him not including the new guys played on a national championship team. That is saying something. He will be missed. mspart

pics please mspart

I'll take Freshman champs for 500. Answer: Crooham Question: Who will be a freshman champ in Div 1 wrestling at the 2024 NCAA championships. mspart

Yeah, I don't think Zane keeps his position on the team. Tough tourney for a lot of guys. mspart

TPT - It sounds to me like you are emotional about that story. Not the other way around. In the current environment, what is the mantra - Make the rich pay their fair share. This story illustrates that very well, accept they all pay and were happy. And when tax cuts have happened, what was the mantra - The rich are getting too much tax break. Perhaps you can explain the CA and NY exodus in other terms. mspart

This is most likely true. mspart

Can anyone look at that rickity gallows and think it is serious? Obviously it was not serious and that is why no one that has seen it brings it up anymore. It was a prop to hang a noose on. It would not support the weight of anyone on it. It looked real dangerous. mspart

That was a good game. Ended wrong of course, but a very good game! mspart

Well, I'm sure Trump secretly made sure this didn't happen even though he told his Secretary of Defense to make it happen. And the Secretary was unaware of this. Just another person that Trump scammed no doubt. mspart

First they are there, then they aren't!! How can you have a quantum computer? it is there. you blink and it is not there. Crazy! mspart

FSU should have been in. Unfortunately they lost a good portion of their players so they did not look good against Georgia. The Dawgs lost horribly. I am saddened by that. It should have been a more competitive game but wasn't. The Dawgs just couldn't get offense going. I do not like Mich but kudos to them for a great season. mspart

The UWW site says Burroughs is registered for 74. But the list they provided did not have him. I noticed that Taz at 97kg is not entered. mspart

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Plasi, if you want to call this an insurrection go for it. I think the evidence clearly shows it was not. If you will not listen to explanations other than it was an insurrection, then so be it. But you still haven't answered any of the questions I have posed about it so I'm guessing you are: mspart

Why couldn't they do more? They actually controlled nothing. They disrupted a count procedure. The count happened later so they obviously took over nothing. They did nothing by force or bloodshed. They stopped because they didn't really know why they were there and when asked to leave they said, ok and left. Insurrection is not the proper term for this. You don't have an insurrection when nobody has weapons. mspart

To WR: There was a half hearted attempt to stop the count, yes. Definitely wrong and I can see charges for that and trespassing and nothing more. To your analogy, the capitol police (CP) held the door open for the folks going in. Yes, there is culpability on all sides of this, yet only one side is getting prosecuted. Shouldn't the CP who let the folks in be fired? Shouldn't there be an investigation of the one death on the day from a gun fired by a CP? Shouldn't there be an investigation on why threats were not forwarded appropriately? Shouldn't there be an investigation on why there were 200 FBI folks among the demonstrators? There are plenty of question for the other side of this equation that have not even been officially asked yet. Certainly there is blame on both sides of this. mspart

Yes, way more difficult. Our first lab ran off July 3 due to fireworks. He never came back. We found out he got ran over on the big road at night. Being a Black Lab I'm sure they car never saw him. We finally found his body at an animal hospital frozen. We took him home and buried him. That was really a very very sad day. We were all crying about it. It was difficult. I put him in the hole and he wouldn't fit, he was a big American Lab. So I turned him over to the other side that none of us had seen. That is where he got hit by the car and it was not pretty. So I had to turn him back before anyone saw. I was successful at that. Very Very Sad for Lucky. We were lucky to have him. Smart as a whip, great dog. mspart

No doubt about it. mspart

The flame leaves people at different times. Perhaps the flame to be the best in the world doesn't burn brightly for him anymore. mspart